“Our focus has been on negotiating a contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins and we have not discussed the Toronto Maple Leafs,” Hughes told ESPN.com via email Thursday morning. “He remains under contract for one more year if we don't extend his contract. We are not the source of the story, nor were we contacted to verify its accuracy beforehand.”

“Our focus has been on negotiating a contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins and we have not discussed the Toronto Maple Leafs,” Hughes told ESPN.com via email Thursday morning. “He remains under contract for one more year if we don't extend his contract. We are not the source of the story, nor were we contacted to verify its accuracy beforehand.”

slappybrown wrote:Any trade with TML starts with jake gardiner and add pieces from there if I'm GM

How about Gardiner, Kulemin and Toronto's 1st for Letang and the rights to Dupuis

That's what this team needs, another Dman/rover, an average winger (seriously, I never understood this boards love affair with Kulemin). They better get more than that. Pens fans will be saying the same about Gardiner in a year as they say about Letang now.

slappybrown wrote:Any trade with TML starts with jake gardiner and add pieces from there if I'm GM

How about Gardiner, Kulemin and Toronto's 1st for Letang and the rights to Dupuis

That's what this team needs, another Dman/rover, an average winger (seriously, I never understood this boards love affair with Kulemin). They better get more than that. Pens fans will be saying the same about Gardiner in a year as they say about Letang now.

I'm sure the board will implode when the trade is made. Everybody wants the other teams #1 defensemen back, a first round pick, and a prospect. Its not going to happen.

R5= actually confirmed by at least 3 other legitimate sources (TSN, Dreger, MacKenzie, Molinari etc)R4= confirmed by at least 1 other legit source plus the use of multiple quotes in a way other than twisting them to fit into a theoryR3= the use of 1 quote taken wildly out of context meshed with info copied and pasted straight from TIOPSR2= Entire column of speculation and rumor mongering with a generous portion of attention whoring with no sourced material whatsoever.R1= Full Rossi

SoCalPenguin wrote:There needs to be an Eklund like rating system for Rossi.

R5= actually confirmed by at least 3 other legitimate sources (TSN, Dreger, MacKenzie, Molinari etc)R4= confirmed by at least 1 other legit source plus the use of multiple quotes in a way other than twisting them to fit into a theoryR3= the use of 1 quote taken wildly out of context meshed with info copied and pasted straight from TIOPSR2= Entire column of speculation and rumor mongering with a generous portion of attention whoring with no sourced material whatsoever.R1= Full Rossi